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Madrid Zirvesi öncesinde NATO’da yaşanan krizi tersinden okuduğumuzda

Bir NATO zirvesi daha geride kaldı. Önceki gün ve dün Madrid’de gerçekleşen, NATO’ya üye 30 ülkenin devlet ya da hükümet başkanları düzeyinde temsil edildiği zirve, Finlandiya ve İsveç’in ittifaka resmen üye olmak üzere davet edildikleri, bu yönüyle NATO tarihinde özel yeri olan bir toplantı olarak hatırlanacaktır. Rusya’nın Ukrayna’yı işgal ettiği …

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What Turkey won with its NATO leverage

JUST INThe door is back open. After weeks of tension, Turkey finally dropped its objection to Finland and Sweden’s bids to join NATO as the Alliance kicked off its summit in Madrid on Tuesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan scored a face-to-face meeting with US President Joe Biden and spurred …

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NATO’s Hard Road Ahead

The Greatest Threats to Alliance Unity Will Come After the Madrid Summit Thanks to Russian President Vladimir Putin, NATO’s Madrid Summit takes place this week against the backdrop of a resurgent Western alliance. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine compels NATO to return to its founding mission of providing collective defense against …

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NATO and a War Foretold

As NATO holds its Summit in Madrid on June 28-30, the war in Ukraine is taking center stage. During a pre-Summit June 22 talk with Politico, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg bragged about how well-prepared NATO was for this fight because, he said: “This was an invasion that was predicted, …

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